A Crumbling Path

by Secondhand Brony


Chapter 1: Trying to Remember The Past

"Hey Toxic." Jolly greeted while trying to catch up to him.

"Oh hey Jolly." Toxic replied to Jolly's greeting.

"So, how have you been doing with a that talk that's about you?" Toxic asked in fear knowing there was a chance Jolly would go in to full rage mode and do something to him.

"Well considering they make fun of me for having no parents no bits and no cutie mark, I'm fine." Jolly said sarcastically.

"Really?" Toxic asked with a dim ray of hope.

"No ." Jolly said replied not knowing Toxic would ask such a question.

"Well, anyway you wanna hang out today?" Jolly asked hoping his friend had spare time so they can hang.

"Uh sorry, but I gotta practice my flying with RainbowDash." Toxic replied in guilt knowing he wasn't gonna be there for his friend.

"I understand." Jolly said with hope that Toxic would for get about RainbowDash and spend time with him.

Although Toxic wasn't his best friend, no pony was, he was still happy that Toxic was nice to him, anyway lets get back to the story. Ms.CottenFlower was Jolly's teacher, at the time she was teaching his class math. Rapid Runner is a the pony that bullies Jolly.

Rapid was passing a note it came aisle from aisle desk from desk until it reached Jolly's desk, he unfolded it and it said 'Your a parentless, worthless excuse for a pony.' This angered Jolly so much, in his hatred for what Rapid said he stood up and punch Rapid in the nose, it didn't cause lots of damage, but after Jolly's punch Rapid retaliated with a punch of his own his hooves had hit Jolly's eye so bad it started to turn black and purple, Ms.CottenFlower quickly broke up the two fighting ponies.

" Class dismissed!" Ms.CottenFlower yelled at the top of her lungs as she gave Jolly and Rapid one of those how dare you stares.

The two ponies walked there separate ways.


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Jolly walked to his parents commended house, his face overwhelming with tears, as he walked in he saw an item he's never seen in his 11 years of life, he started to examine the items, their was a watch on the counter, it imprinted 'For C.C. and F.P., give this to Jolly when he's a little colt.' The watch was a darker teal than his mane but it still fit his colors though and he slipped it on his left hoof.

He turned around so he could exit but another thing caught his eye as he looked at it he saw that it was a picture, and he guessed the two ponies on it was his parents, but this picture said something with a little similarity to what the watch said, it also imprinted 'Dear Candy Cone and FlagPole, have a happy life together .' Jolly knew that Candy Cone was his mother and he knew that his father was FlagPole, Candy Cone had a white coat and a Red and White mane and tail, and FlagPole's coat was teal and his mane and tail was brown.

He quickly put the picture in a saddle bag he found on the streets, and he went to a cave he found when he was six or he thought he found it when he was that certain age, he put the picture on the cave floor as he laid on it in he had, he gave it a horrid description, he described it cold, horrible, and disgusting, he went to sleep a few hours he started having a bunch of nightmares about his parents fate, finally came by the real fate but he woke up as his parents raced to the conductor.

As Jolly woke up he gave 3 large pants of breath, then he felt his his stomach growl.

"I guess I'll just go to Toxic's for something." Jolly insisted as he knew Toxic stayed up late.

So Jolly trotted up the streets of PonyVille, as he trotted he saw Luna flying over a bunch of pony's houses, Luna finally noticed the red unicorn, she flew over to him and spoke immediately she stated "I know you may not understand this now, but the nightmares you had represents your parents death but only one of them is real you'll know how they died when your a young colt."

"But I wanna know them, their personality, I just wish they were here to comfort me." Jolly sadly said just hoping Luna could do something for him.

"I'm afraid you won't know them like that." Luna said in pity knowing she had a special connection with his parents.

Jolly trotted further to Toxic's house as he trotted Luna noticed a tear from Jolly's face glistening in her beautiful moon light, Jolly made it to Toxic's house and knocked on his door.

The door flew open in surprise, Toxic's mouth flew open as he said,"Hey Jolly what'cha doing here."

"I'm just really hungry and." That's all Jolly could say until Toxic cut him off.

"Its good I got a zap apple and a pear in the refrigerator, just hold on a sec." Toxic said as if he were offering it off.

"Awesome, I'll have both." Jolly said trying to make his statement as nice as he could. "And what the hay is a pear."

"Just take it." Toxic said like he had something to do.

Jolly could tell Toxic was kind of annoyed, he levitated the two juicy fruits and put 'em in his saddlebag he decided he'd eat the pear and save the zap apple for a different time.

"Thanks." Jolly thanked in generosity of the gifts from his friend.

"No prob." Toxic said as if he had no problem giving the fruit to his friend and there was no problem.

Jolly went back to his cave, he ate the pear and slept again having the same nightmares.






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